> Thanks for the welcome. As i said, i'm kind of a new Divine Comedy
> fan, but i just love the stuff i've heard already and i'm always
> looking to hear more. I've been downloading a few live recordings,
> and i'm interested in finding rare and unusual songs that don't
> appear on the albums. I'd love to hear the very first album too,
> Fanfare for the Comic Muse, which i understand is pretty hard to get
> hold of. Is there anywhere it can be downloaded from?
> Also just looking for other fans to have a good chat with.
> Best wishes,

Hello 'gain Ian

Well the good news is that Neil is currently setting up some kind of own
label that I think will control his own music. This could mean future
reissues of old b-sides and singles material that has been hard to find.
The one thing it won't help with is Fanfare as that is officially disowned,
so that one is one to search record fairs for I'm afraid.

I'm also not expert on bootlegs of live shows, but there may be good stuff
out there as there as many live shows contain cover versions (have you been
to any gigs yet?)

And on the subject of fans - I'm sure there are some lurking here... :o)
There is also a very large and thriving list on yahoo groups called Epop -
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/epop/messages/ - the only drawback to a
large and intelligent community is that they almost never talk about TDC at
all...

Kris